Sylvia Long
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Sylvia Long is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Sylvia Long
Sylvia Long is an illustrator who lives in Arizona; her detailed paintings grow out of an interest in animals and the natural world that began in childhood. She illustrated the nature series written by Dianna Hutts Aston, including An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy.
Also by this author: An Egg Is Quiet (illustrator) · A Seed Is Sleepy (illustrator) · Sylvia Long’s Mother Goose
Official website: www.sylvia-long.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.